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Spitzer Gets Sneak Peak Inside Comet Holmes
When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event. (Oct. 10)
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star-forming region Splashy Portrait Helps Explain How Stars Form
Different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolors in a new, ethereal portrait of a bright, star-forming region.
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(Oct. 8)

artist works on installation Artists and Astronomers 'Observe' the Universe Together
A new exhibition opening in Pasadena brings artists and astronomers together to create original pieces of art. The project is a collaboration between the Art Center College of Design and NASA's Spitzer Science Center.
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(Oct. 7)

star-forming region Stellar Landscape for 10 Years of Hubble Heritage
This landscape-like picture of a star-forming region contains data taken earlier this year with JPL's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
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(Oct. 2)

Cassiopeia A Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback
Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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(Oct. 1)

NASA's Kepler spacecraft NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Baked and Ready for More Tests
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, has survived an extreme temperature test.
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(Sept. 23)

Carl Sagan NASA's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds
NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
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(Sept. 3)

star-forming region, called W5 Generations of Stars Pose for Family Portrait
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death amidst a rich family history.
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(Aug. 22)

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Step away from the city lights and gaze up at our Milky Way galaxy. You may even see one of the galaxy's spiral arms with your own eyes!
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Uses ultraviolet wavelengths to measure the history of star formation 80 percent of the way back to the Big Bang.
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Keck Interferometer
Links two 10-meter (33-foot) telescopes, which form the world's most powerful optical telescope system.
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Palomar Observatory
A joint effort between JPL and the California Institute of Technology, the Palomar Observatory houses a collection of famous telescopes.
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Spitzer Space Telescope
Uses infrared technology to study celestial objects that are too cool, too dust-enshrouded or too far away to otherwise be seen.
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Ulysses
Orbits sun around the north and south poles.
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Voyager to the Outer Planets
Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 also flew by Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 is now approaching interstellar space.
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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
This camera, designed and built at JPL, served as the main camera capturing pictures on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It still takes images of planets, stars and galaxies.
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FUTURE MISSIONS

Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
Two telescopes on Mount Graham, Ariz., will identify faint dust clouds around other stars that might hinder planet-finding missions. Managed by Univ. of Arizona, Tucson.
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Herschel Space Observatory
Space-based telescope that will study the universe by the light of the far-infrared and submillimeter portions of the spectrum.
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Kepler Mission
Mission will search for Earth-like planets with the "transit" method.
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Mid Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to study the earliest galaxies and some of the first stars formed after the Big Bang. JPL is managing the development of the Mid Infrared Instrument, one of the three focal plane istruments on the infrared space telescope.
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
Space-based telescope will scan the entire sky in infrared light, revealing cool stars, planetary construction zones and the brightest galaxies in the universe.
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Space Interferometry Mission
This mission is an orbiting interferometer, which will link multiple telescopes to function in unison as a much larger "virtual telescope."
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